EL and ENGSO unite to empower youth to become sport integrity ambassadors

United in efforts to promote values-based sport and empower young people to become the agents of change, today EL and the European Sports NGO (ENGSO) launched the Erasmus+ co-founded 'Youth Integrity Ambassadors Programme' within the framework of the 2022 European Week of Sport. 

A collaboration between eight European sport organisations: Swedish Sports Confederation as coordinator, ENGSO, EUSA Institute, RF-SISU Smaland, Special Olympics Euroasia Foundation, Confederacao Do Desporto de Portugal, Lithuanian Union of Sports Federations and Organizzazione per l'Educazione e lo Sport, that has the objective of empowering young people to become sport integrity ambassadors in their communities. 



During a dedicated seminar, '#BeActive for Sport Integrity' on 29 September 2022 in Brussels, inspiraing speakers highlighted the importance of youth, inclusion and integrity. In the words of Keynote speaker Paul Standaert, Panathlon International EU Brussels secretary and Belgian Gymnastics Board member: 

"The promotion of a healthy lifestyle linked to the development of human values is our goal. From the very start of the European Week of Sport, Panathlon has been engaged in a partnership with the European Commission to help promote the #Beactive campaign within its networl. Panathlon clubs continue to organise various activities that aim at promoting ethical values among young people". 

"Supporting sport and sharing in the same values (responsablity and integrity) is in the DNA of lotteries", adds Olivier Alsteens, chief operating officer of Loterie Nationale Loterij, Belgium.